Author: Editorial Team
European luxury brands have sharpened their focus on the United States, with a surge of store openings and fashion shows to lure a new crop of wealthy shoppers enriched by the AI and tech boom and offset weak consumer confidence in the rest of the world. After two years of contraction, the luxury goods sector was showing signs of stabilisation until the Iran war that began at the end of February, disrupting travel and denting luxury spending far beyond the Middle East. And China, the biggest source of luxury sales growth for two decades, is still struggling to tackle deflation…
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Masam project for clearing landmines in Yemen succeeded in removing 1,609 mines during the fourth week of May 2026 across various regions of Yemen, including 21 anti-tank mines, four anti-personnel mines, and 1,584 unexploded ordnances. The total number of mines removed since the beginning of May has risen to 6,323, while the total since the launch of the project has reached 564,339 mines, planted indiscriminately in various Yemeni territories, threatening civilian lives. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through KSrelief, continues its efforts to clear Yemeni lands of mines, contributing to civilian safety and enabling…
Nvidia‘s CEO Jensen Huang recently discusses the multitrillion-dollar economic opportunity presented by the adoption of humanoid robots in industry, as it announced a model for academics using hardware from Unitree and Sharpa intended to accelerate advances. In an announcement made at Computex 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, the executive backed humanoid robotics to “bring physical AI to the world’s largest industries” but indicated there were barriers to academic work to this end, which it aims to resolve by introduction of the “reference robot”. The machine uses Nvidia compute systems and Isaac GR00T development platform, a Unitree H2 body standing at almost…
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has declared that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to stop fighting, offering hope to huge numbers of people in Lebanon who have been fleeing an Israeli onslaught. The US leader’s statement on social media came as Iranian officials had asserted that ceasefire talks could collapse due to Israel’s plan to escalate its invasion of Lebanon and increase strikes. Trump said he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull his troops back from Lebanon’s capital Beirut. He also spoke with Hezbollah representatives, who “agreed to stop shooting” at Israeli forces. Trump said on social…
Health insurance customers in the UAE can now lock their insurance premiums for up to five years under a new add-on launched by a brokerage firm. Called Health Insurance Premium Lock by Policybazaar.ae, the add-on allows customers to keep their premium at the same rate they signed up with for up to five years. According to the company, customers will be protected from premium increases linked to medical inflation and age-band loading during the lock period. The add-on is available on selected health insurance plans through Policybazaar.ae for residents of Dubai and the Northern Emirates. Stay up to date with…
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has launched a new documentary on crowd engineering, highlighting the operational and knowledge-based system behind managing the movement of pilgrims during the Hajj season. The film showcases the planning and organizational efforts that help regulate the movement of millions of pilgrims between the holy sites. The documentary highlights the development of the Hajj system in the fields of planning and crowd management, supported by the Kingdom’s leadership. It also highlights the level of integration achieved among government and service entities working to serve pilgrims within the objectives of the Pilgrim Experience Program, one of the…
Ahmed El Saadi, Vice President, Middle East Africa, Türkiye, Romania, and CIS, Splunk, discusses the value of context aware insights supporting real-time enterprise decision-making in this exclusive feature. UAE organisations are not exactly short of data on which to base their business decisions. As most CTOs know, businesses are, in fact, virtually drowning in everything from machine data detailing the performance of their stack, to business and operational data. One of the primary challenges today is being able to act on that vast trove of data quickly enough to make meaningful operational decisions. Across sectors such as banking, government, energy,…
BEIRUT — The Israeli military said early Tuesday air defenses intercepted two projectiles from Lebanon, hours after US President Donald Trump announced that fighting would end. “Following the sirens that sounded at 01:35 (2235 GMT) in several areas in northern Israel, the IAF intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory,” the military said on Telegram. A “suspicious aerial target” that later fell in Israeli territory near the Lebanese border was also identified it said, adding that no injuries were reported. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have continued their attacks across southern Lebanon, firing artillery near Nabatieh and striking the…
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran were ongoing and a deal is reachable “over the next week” despite a report that Tehran had suspended indirect negotiations with the United States to end hostilities. “Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. Iranian state news agency Tasnim reported earlier that Tehran was halting indirect negotiations with the US after Israel ordered troops to push deeper into Lebanon. Trump said he had not been told that Iran was suspending talks with Washington. “They…
The General Directorate of Passports at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah has completed departure procedures for the first pilgrim flight following the completion of their Hajj journey 1447 AH, enabling them to return to their home countries with ease and convenience. The directorate affirmed its readiness to facilitate and complete departure procedures for pilgrims through all of the Kingdom’s ports of entry, including land, air, and sea crossings, urging pilgrims to adhere to their departure schedules. Source: Riyadh Daily